Christopher Tompkins

Christopher Tompkins ( born March 24, 1780 Green County, Kentucky; † August 9, 1858 in Glasgow, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1835 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Christopher Tompkins attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Glasgow to work in this profession. Already in 1805 he was first elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party. Later he joined the Whigs.

In the congressional elections of 1830 Tompkins was for Nationalrepublikaner in the tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joel Yancey on March 4, 1831. Two years later he exchanged with Chilton Allan district. Allan stood as a candidate in the tenth constituency, while Tompkins took in the third district of choice. Both won the subsequent elections. This Tompkins was able to complete another term in Congress until March 3, 1835. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

In 1837, Tompkins was an elector of the Whigs in the presidential elections. After he retired from politics. As a result, he practiced as a lawyer again. Christopher Tompkins died on 9 August 1858 in Glasgow and was also buried there.